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Creative Director, Designer, and Human Ideation Machine specializing in editorial storytelling, paid content marketing, and digital activations for culturally-driven brands.
I believe great creative starts with immersion—digging into culture, consumer truth, and brand tension until I find what nobody else is saying. I'm a former punk rock kid and budding filmmaker at heart, which makes me scrappy as hell; I figure shit out, hustle solutions, and never wait for permission to make something great.
With 10 years building brands across digital activations and content marketing, I lead with curiosity and ship with conviction. Design without strategy is decoration. Strategy without craft dies in a deck. I bring both, executed with relentless standards and a DIY ethic that refuses to settle.
Select Clients
Gatorade
Meta
Paramount+
HBO Max
Verizon Media
Comcast
Walmart
Vice
Complex
Experian
Rocket Mortgage
Discover
Intuit Mailchimp
Dell
HP
Saks Fifth Avenue
NFL
Toyota
Services
Creative Directon
Strategic Ideation
Brand Positioning
Art Direction
Editorial Design
Digitial Design
Print Design
Principles
Endlessly Curious. I collect everything—film techniques, music movements, street art, obscure subcultures, the way a menu is designed.
Culture First I don't do research—I live in it. I'm the person saving Instagram posts at 2am, screenshotting weird packaging, and eavesdropping on conversations at coffee shops.
Make While You Think Punk Rock taught me not to wait for permission or a perfect plan. I prototype fast, fail forward, and figure it out in the making.
POV Over Polish A strong, honest idea with rough edges will always beat a beautiful execution that says nothing.
Experience
Freelance ACD Social, Praytell, 2025
ACD, Yahoo Creative Studio, 2019 – 2023
Freelance Senior AD, Verizon, 2019
ACD, Hearst (Popular Mechanics), 2017 – 2019
AD, Time (People Books), 2016 – 2017
AD, Future, Revolver (Time), 2014 – 2015
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